{"id":51130,"date":"2020-01-13T18:49:20","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T18:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/01\/13\/marines-wild-crocodile-ii-runs-long-range-insertion-urban-attack-with-portuguese\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:46:09","slug":"marines-wild-crocodile-ii-runs-long-range-insertion-urban-attack-with-portuguese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/01\/13\/marines-wild-crocodile-ii-runs-long-range-insertion-urban-attack-with-portuguese\/","title":{"rendered":"Marines run long-range insertion, urban attack with Portuguese in \u2018Wild Crocodile II\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marines with an Africa-focused <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2019\/12\/05\/new-fleet-needed-marines-could-go-to-war-on-small-carriers-commercial-vessels\/\" target=\"_blank\">crisis response team<\/a> will do a long-range insertion from Spain to Portugal, link up with Portuguese troops to urban ops training and live fires, including anti-tanks missiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2019\/01\/14\/small-group-of-marines-sailors-complete-first-step-in-building-long-term-latin-america-task-force\/\" target=\"_blank\">Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force<\/a>-Crisis Response Africa 20.1 is on the bilateral exercise from Monday to Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe exercise will culminate with a four-wave MV-22 Osprey insertion of U.S. and Portuguese Marines into a training complex where they will simulate an assault of an embedded enemy platoon as part of a quick-reaction force,\u201d according to a Marine Forces, Europe and Africa statement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They also plan to fire M72A7 Light Anti-Tank Weapon rockets during the various live fires that are scheduled for the exercise, according to the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/11\/06\/report-reveals-few-details-about-new-named-contingency-operations-in-africa\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4312683-2.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Report reveals previously secret operations in Africa<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The operations focus on counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations against both ISIS and al-Qaida.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exercise, dubbed \u201cWild Crocodile II,\u201d allows the SPMAGTF to rehearse movements and work a coordinated attack with partner forces. 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